Natural Parenting

How to Achieve Good Child Behavior

Noah — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 13:04:38 +0000

There isn’t a parent in the world who doesn’t expect good child behavior, especially when their kids are out in public. It is not only embarrassing to parents when a child behaves poorly when they go out somewhere but it oftentimes ruins the day for everyone else around. Nearly everyone has experienced screaming kids in [...]

The Importance Of Carrying Your Baby Kit While Traveling

Joshua — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 12:37:54 +0000

Anyone who has children knows that traveling becomes much more complicated with a kid or two in tow. Traveling with babies is especially difficult, and can complicate travel plans immensely. Traveling is already stressful enough, so it is crucial to be prepared for all baby-contingent scenarios. If this is all too familiar then you’re likely not [...]

Carbon Footprint of Formula Feeding

Janet Danziger — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:31:00 +0000

Making cow’s milk formula for all the young babies in India would need an additional 114 million lactating cows. And that’s just India…. I love the fact that someone has worked this out. It’s such a different angle to look at the breastfeeding/bottle feeding question. After 6 months I used infant formula with all three [...]

Baby-Proofing: Did You Think About Everything?

naturalparenting — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 20:49:17 +0000

As a mother of a 6 month old baby, I was a little daunted at the sheer volume of work I thought was involved in baby-proofing my home. With the number of variables involved and the risk of a baby proofing product actually doing the opposite rather than helping my cause, I admit I thought it was a [...]

Getting Started With Baby Sign Language

naturalparenting — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:10:56 +0000

Seeing your baby sign for the first time will give you an overwhelming sense of joy and connection with your child. It also feels like quite an accomplishment, and you will be ready to add in other basic signs like: eat, more, finished, help, and down.

5 Reasons Why Breastfeeding Makes Sense

naturalparenting — Tue, 25 May 2010 05:10:35 +0000

The reasons to breastfeed are so numerous—both scientifically and anecdotal—that I feel I might talk for hours if anyone ever let me monologue about it, but here I will narrow the benefits down to five easily-digestible (pun intended) reasons why every mother should breastfeed their children proudly and confidently for as long as possible.

Importance of Bonding and Touch

naturalparenting — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:03:58 +0000

First time parents are in for the experience of a lifetime! After surviving 9 months of pregnancy, a wardrobe of maternity clothes, baby showers, and decorating the nursery with care, you have gone through the exciting, heroic experiences of labor and delivery. Now you are ready to begin your new life as first-time parents! First-Time [...]

Prepare for New Baby with These Tried and True Items

naturalparenting — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:02:09 +0000

Search the net and you’re sure to find list upon list of what you need for a new baby. Most of those lists go way overboard. Babies don’t usually need much at all. Here’s a list of what I found, through my own experiences, to be the most useful. Clothing Plenty of t-shirts and sleepers [...]

Positive Child Discipline

naturalparenting — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:59:18 +0000

Time-out sucks…away your child’s emotional security One of the most commonly used parenting techniques in current day used throughout schools, homes, and day cares is “time-out”. “Timeout” is based primarily on a way of thinking that implies children act out for attention. Therefore, if a child is acting out ‘for’ attention, you don’t want to [...]

Video: G-Diapers – a Cloth/Disposable Hybrid

naturalparenting — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:54:07 +0000

This is a great video about the new G-Diaper which is the only eco-friendly disposable/cloth hybrid on the market today. While I am a very vocal advocate for elimination communication (aka diaper free baby), I also know that going totally diaperless is fairly difficult if you ever shop or travel or pretty much do anything [...]